# The Daily Feud: Avast! A Seagoing Feud by El\_Kabong \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935 "2008-10-21T20:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/21 "2008-10-21T22:18:43Z")
1. Defeat of the Spanish Armada 2. Schooner 3. Argentina 4. FADM Chester W. Nimitz 5. Automobiles 6. Tennessee-Tombigbee 7. Malaysia 8. Rotterdam 9. Nautilus 10. Lusitania 11. Anglo-Spanish War, 1588 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/22 "2008-10-21T22:40:16Z")
1. Monitor and Merrimack 2. schooner 3. Brazil 4. John F Kennedy 5. oil 6. The great lakes 7. Cuba 8. Dover 9. The Flying Dutchman 10. SS Edmund Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/23 "2008-10-21T22:42:42Z")
1. Monitor/Merrimac2. schooner 2. Brazil 3. Rickover 4. Iron and steel 5. Detroit River 6. Indonesia 7. Venice 8. Nautilus 9. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/24 "2008-10-21T23:04:05Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Clipper 3. Argentina 4. Donitz 5. Oil 6. Mississippi 7. Indonesia 8. Amsterdam 9. Nautilus 10. Bismark ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/25 "2008-10-21T23:04:44Z")
1. Battle of Jutland 2. Scooner 3. Venezuela 4. Dönitz 5. Containers 6. Lake Eire 7. Malaysia 8. Rotterdam 9. The Flying Dutchman 10. Bismarck ETA: 5: Crap… well most of the other things mentioned are transported in containers, so 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/26 "2008-10-21T23:29:45Z")
1. Name a famous naval battle from before 1940. 2. Name a type of sailing vessel. 3. Name a South American country that has its own navy. 4. Name a naval officer of the World War II era. 5. Name a type of cargo often carried by ship. 6. Name a navigable inland waterway. 7. Other than Somalia, name a country off which modern-day piracy has been reported. 8. Name a European port city. 9. Name a fictional vessel from literature or the movies. 10. Other than the Titanic, name a famous vessel that sank. [/QUOTE] 11. Battle of Mobile Bay 12. Sailboat 13. Argentina 14. Nimitz 15. Cars 16. Mississippi River 17. China 18. Rotterdam 19. The Poseidon 20. Lusitania 21. Civil war 22. ETA…vessel, …doh 23. China, I have no idea 24. I don’t think Rotterdam will be a popular answer, but it should be. 9 & 10. didn’t we just have a feud with these or similar questions? Oh well c’est la vie. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/27 "2008-10-21T23:38:39Z")
1. Battle of Trafalgar 2. Clipper ship 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. Oil 6. St. Lawrence Seaway 7. Indonesia 8. Calais 9. Black Pearl 10. Luisitania 3 - Falklands War is why I remember this one 9 - From the Pirates of the Caribbean movies ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/28 "2008-10-22T00:08:03Z")
I still have a bunch of pumpkin dip left over from the Disney feud . . . ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/29 "2008-10-22T00:14:08Z")
1. Jutland 2. Sloop 3. Argentina 4. Chester Nimitz 5. Automobiles 6. Mississippi River 7. Indonesia 8. Rotterdam 9. Orca (from Jaws) 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/30 "2008-10-22T00:23:53Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Frigate 3. Argentina 4. Adm. Halsey 5. Crude Oil 6. Mississippi River 7. Indonesia 8. Rotterdam 9. Pequod 10. _RMS Lusitania_ ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/31 "2008-10-22T00:51:09Z")
1. Name a famous naval battle from before 1940. 2. Name a type of sailing vessel. 3. Name a South American country that has its own navy. 4. Name a naval officer of the World War II era. 5. Name a type of cargo often carried by ship. 6. Name a navigable inland waterway. 7. Other than Somalia, name a country off which modern-day piracy has been reported. 8. Name a European port city. 9. Name a fictional vessel from literature or the movies. 10. Other than the Titanic, name a famous vessel that sank. 11. Monitor and Merrimac aka CSS Virginia 12. sailboat 13. Brazil 14. CPO aka chief petty officer 15. oil 16. Panama canal 17. Indonesia 18. Rotterdam 19. Posidon from Posidon Adventure 20. Edmund Fitzgerald Yikes! I dunno … 😃 You’re right, **Rebo** , this one is hard! ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/32 "2008-10-22T01:44:09Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Frigate 3. Argentina 4. Chester Nimitz 5. Oil 6. The Panama Canal 7. Indonesia 8. London 9. S.S. _Poseidon_ 10. RMS _Lusitania_ 11. Something about a famous monument marking victory at this battle brings it to mind. I’m going to kick myself if Lepanto ranks higher. 12. It’s Frigate or Sloop. 13. Home of the _General Belgrano_ 14. Again - I’ll kick myself if Yamamoto is more popular. Spruance or Halsey I won’t feel so badly about. 15. If drugs are top I’m going to really kvetch 16. Not exactly what the question is looking for, but I believe that it’s what most people will think of. (Otherwise I’d choose the Skeggerat.) 17. Malaysia Penninsula 18. & 10. Remembering the recent nautical thread… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/33 "2008-10-22T01:51:03Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Frigate 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Halsey 5. Oil 6. Missisippi River 7. Indonesia. 8. London 9. H. M. S. Surprise 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/34 "2008-10-22T02:39:43Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Yacht 3. Argentina 4. John F. Kennedy 5. Oil 6. Erie Canal 7. Yemen 8. Venice 9. The Pequod 10. The Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/35 "2008-10-22T03:16:09Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Yacht 3. Argentina 4. Chester Nimitz 5. Oil 6. Panama Canal 7. Thailand 8. Amsterdam 9. USS Caine 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/36 "2008-10-22T03:21:00Z")
1. Jutland 2. Frigate 3. Brazil 4. Nimitz 5. Cars 6. Erie Canal 7. Indonesia 8. Calais 9. USS _Enterprise_ 10. RMS _Lusitania_ ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/37 "2008-10-22T03:41:56Z")
1. Monitor vs Merrimac 2. sloop 3. Chile 4. Admiral Yamamoto 5. Oil 6. St. Lawrence Seaway 7. Indonesia 8. Hamburg 9. HMS Surprise 10. the Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/38 "2008-10-22T03:46:36Z")
1. Battle of Trafalgar 2. Sailboat 3. Venezuela 4. Admiral Nimitz 5. oil 6. St. Lawrence 7. Venezuela 8. Antwerp 9. Nautilus 10. Lusitania ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/39 "2008-10-22T04:20:37Z")
1. Trafalgar 2. Galleon 3. Argentina 4. Admiral Halsey 5. Oil 6. Hudson river 7. Indonesia 8. Venice 9. The Black Pearl 10. USS Main ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2008, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935/40 "2008-10-22T04:25:38Z")
1. Merrimac & Monitor 2. Sloop 3. Argentina 4. Ridley 5. Televisions 6. Hudson River 7. Guatemala 8. Porto 9. The Bounty 10. Lusitania (obviously had no clue on some of these…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-daily-feud-avast-a-seagoing-feud-by-el_kabong-game-over/468935.md?page=3)